DUEL IN THE DESERT
MEET DAVE
Dave Harcourt, 48, is an IT director for Synetiq and lives in Dunfermline, Scotland, with his wife Jilly. He did his first triathlon in 2005 and has since completed three Celtman races, a host of swimrun and multi-stage Rat Race events, and the 2019 ITERA expedition race. He’s a big fan of cheese and wine.
The heat in the valley floor is unbearably hot. After 10km of plodding, I need to stop. I’m broken. I have hot spots on my feet and I keep stopping every kilometre to take off my shoes and have a drink and some food. I don’t have the energy to eat and drink on the go. Then, I run out of water. I’ve consumed a whole three litres in 15km. I push on for another 2km but I’m now thinking that I’ll die out here. I’m just 3km from the end of day two, but it might as well be 300km as I won’t make it without water. Welcome to Rat Race’s latest event, Race to the Wreck, a five-day, 303km bike and foot journey
